Well, since jase left his beloved
FC Middlesbrough, and Aviationwiz has ditched his old politicians, it's time to think about a new avatar too. One possibility is to use a flag or coat of arms with personal connotations, as jase has done, and like
Aviationwiz has gone back to. This could be

. . or . .

.
At the height of the avatar wars, I prepared this one (mainly to see how CDRecorder would react

):

with possible escalation to ...

... or ...
but after
cfitz' classic post, things cooled off a bit and there was no reason to use them. Other possibilities are related to my moniker, like this one

(I have a few of these stached to use later.

)
Because of a recent astronomical highlight, I'll use a shot of the solar corona I took during the total eclipse of 11 Aug. 1999. I was lucky to get it, because clouds obscured things shortly before totality (and partly during the total phase too):
Neighbouring towns were even worse off because it rained!

Getting a picture through this partially opaque
medium was a
rare piece of luck.
So, bye bye

(gypsy medium), hello corona.
G